Episode 1: The New Rules of the Job Market
Learn what hiring managers are evaluating, what candidates often miss, and how to navigate an increasingly complex hiring process.
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The job market hasn’t just gotten harder — it’s changed shape. Across seven episodes of The Great Careers Playbook, host Kay Dawson sits down with UW Foster School of Business career management leaders to unpack what’s really happening in hiring today: structured interviews, AI-driven resume screening, layoffs, negotiation, and the emotional reality of the job search. It’s an honest, practical playbook for navigating a career that rarely moves in a straight line.
Episode 2: Designing a Career Strategy (That Withstands Change)
Hear how over-specialization can box you in, how the market interprets your range, and how to build flexibility into your career.
Episode 3: Navigating Layoffs
Explore the small, consistent actions that make a difference before a layoff, and what people most often wish they'd done sooner.
Episode 4: How People Get Hired
Hear insights into how referrals change the odds and what to do when someone says "send me your resume."
Episode 5: The Signals That Accelerate Career Growth
Hear insights into how referrals change the odds and what to do when someone says "send me your resume."
Episode 6: Negotiation As a Career Multiplier
Learn what confident, collaborative negotiating sounds like.
Episode 7: The Emotional Reality of Job Searching
Explore what it takes to navigate a resilient career.